I had the privilege of meeting the Democratic candidate for governor last night. It was amusing when he spoke of working all over Colorado in the oil and gas industry. To hear the local McInnis supporters, Hickenlooper couldn’t find western Colorado on a map if someone else had gotten there first and highlighted the area. The gubernatorial hopeful says that he plans on driving every Colorado road just to take an inventory of their state of repair, and to see if we really do need the kind of investment in them that is budgeted in the already stressed state budget.
Hickenlooper spoke at length about his experience in the oil patch, and his experience in taking an old, historic building, and turning it into a successful brew-pub. The business expansion involved innovation and creativity. Rather than thinking of other restaurant owners as competition, he thought of the entertainment available at home to most potential customers. So, he got together and advertised with the other bar and restaurant owners to get people to shut off their TV and go to lower Downtown Denver for their entertainment. He modestly admits that having a baseball stadium in the neighborhood helped.
Hickenlooper did the same thing as Mayor of Denver. Rather than thinking of other suburban cities as competition, he sought ways to work together to keep the way of life in Colorado that we all enjoy. When promoting Denver as a convention destination, he also promoted Colorado. The thinking was that if convention goers had a good time in Colorado, they’d come back to Denver.
It is that kind of out-side the box thinking that we need in the state house in Denver. Hickenlooper has got to lose his dumb Giddy-up joke, though. Denver Post columnist Littwin wrote about it months ago and he delivered it right on cue last night.
Homework
http://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/articles/mcinnis_faces_tougher_contest1
Hickenlooper spoke at length about his experience in the oil patch, and his experience in taking an old, historic building, and turning it into a successful brew-pub. The business expansion involved innovation and creativity. Rather than thinking of other restaurant owners as competition, he thought of the entertainment available at home to most potential customers. So, he got together and advertised with the other bar and restaurant owners to get people to shut off their TV and go to lower Downtown Denver for their entertainment. He modestly admits that having a baseball stadium in the neighborhood helped.
Hickenlooper did the same thing as Mayor of Denver. Rather than thinking of other suburban cities as competition, he sought ways to work together to keep the way of life in Colorado that we all enjoy. When promoting Denver as a convention destination, he also promoted Colorado. The thinking was that if convention goers had a good time in Colorado, they’d come back to Denver.
It is that kind of out-side the box thinking that we need in the state house in Denver. Hickenlooper has got to lose his dumb Giddy-up joke, though. Denver Post columnist Littwin wrote about it months ago and he delivered it right on cue last night.
Homework
http://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/articles/mcinnis_faces_tougher_contest1
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